Dr. Demento

Barret Eugene Hansen, known professionally as Dr. Demento, is an American radio broadcaster and record collector specializing in novelty songs, comedy, and strange or unusual recordings dating from the early days of phonograph records to the present. Hansen created the Demento persona in 1970 while working at Pasadena, California station KPPC-FM. He played "Transfusion" by Nervous Norvus on the radio, and DJ "The Obscene" Steven Clean said that Hansen had to be "demented" to play it, and the name stuck. His weekly show went into syndication in 1974 and was syndicated by the Westwood One Radio Network from 1978 to 1992. Broadcast syndication of the show ended on June 6, 2010, but the show continues to be produced weekly in an online version.

2 April 1941

Born on the same birth date (2 April 1941): Sonny Throckmorton

Born on the same birth day (2 April): Ayako Okamoto • Billy Pierce • Carmen Basilio • Christopher Meloni • David Ferrer • Diana Shnaider • Dick Radatz • Dimitris Mitropanos • Edmundo (footballer) • Harindranath Chattopadhyay • Hughie Jennings • Iván Persa • Joan D. Vinge • Johnny Paton • Jürgen Drews • Katrin Rutschow-Stomporowski • Miralem Pjanić • Nicholas Murray Butler • Paquita la del Barrio • Pascal Siakam • Per Elofsson • Rita Gam • Shane Lowry • Vladimir Kuznetsov (javelin thrower)

Born in the same month (April 1941): Ajit Wadekar • Bertrand Tavernier • Bobby Moore • Cornelia Frances • Dave Swarbrick • David Boren • Gorden Kaye • Greville Howard, Baron Howard of Rising • Howard Berman • Jacqueline Boyer • James Di Pasquale • John Williams (guitarist) • Lee Roy Jordan • Lucien Aimar • Michael Lynne • Pete Rose • Richard Holbrooke • Ryan O'Neal • Vivienne Westwood